Tribal Law - Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

1.39.020 Attorney-Client Privilege

A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing any confidential communication between the client and the attorney or attorney's agent, made for the purpose of obtaining legal assistance, except:

(a) When such communication was used to commit or plan a crime.

(b) When two or more parties claim some right through the same deceased client, and the communication is relevant to the claim.

(c) When the communication is relevant to a claim by the client against the attorney or by the attorney against the client.

(d) When the attorney attested to a document and a communication is relevant to an issue related to the attested document.

(e) When an issue exists between two or more joint clients, and a relevant communication to the attorney was made in their common interest by one of the clients.